Comparison of maternal and neonatal survival exposed to humidifier disinfectants during perinatal periods: a case-series study [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 A humidifier disinfectant (HD) has been prohibited by the government due to its serious effects on the human body. Several studies on the relationship between HD and lung diseases have been performed independently on children and adults.
Jang Hoon Lee +2 more
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Inhalation Toxicity of Humidifier Disinfectants as a Risk Factor of Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease in Korea: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: The occurrence of numerous cases of interstitial lung disease in children (chILD) every spring in Korea starting in 2006 raised suspicion about a causal relationship with the use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs). The aim of this study was to
Ju-Hee Seo, Hyung Young Kim, Jinho Yu
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Characterizing Subjects Exposed to Humidifier Disinfectants Using Computed-Tomography-Based Latent Traits: A Deep Learning Approach [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Around nine million people have been exposed to toxic humidifier disinfectants (HDs) in Korea. HD exposure may lead to HD-associated lung injuries (HDLI).
Hongseok Ko +2 more
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A 2-day cardiopulmonary exercise test in chronic fatigue syndrome patients who were exposed to humidifier disinfectants [PDF]
Environmental Analysis, Health and Toxicology, 2022 Some survivors of humidifier disinfectants (HDs) complain of chronic, inexplicable fatigue, and post-exertional malaise (PEM). Two-day cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPETs) performed 24 hours apart (2-day CPET protocol) are increasingly employed to ...
Hwan-Cheol Kim +2 more
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Family-based case-control study of exposure to household humidifier disinfectants and risk of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundIn Korea, several household humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were clinically confirmed to cause HD-associated lung injury (HDLI). Polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) phosphate is the main ingredient of the HDs found to be associated with lung ...
Dirga Kumar Lamichhane +9 more
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Inhalation Lung Injury Associated with Humidifier Disinfectants in Adults. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2016 We recently established a novel disease entity presented as progressive respiratory failure associated with the inhalation of humidifier disinfectants. In April 2011, we encountered a series of peripartum patients with complaints of respiratory distress ...
Huh JW +9 more
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Humidifier Disinfectants Are a Cause of Lung Injury among Adults in South Korea: A Community-Based Case-Control Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 An outbreak of lung injury among South Korean adults was examined in a hospital-based case-control study, and the suspected cause was exposure to humidifier disinfectant (HD).
Ji-Hyuk Park +12 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyFollowing widespread use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs) in South Korea from the late 1990s until their recall in 2011, clusters of respiratory illnesses emerged.
Kyoung Sook Jeong, Jaiyong Kim
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Exposure to Humidifier Disinfectants Increases the Risk for Asthma in Children [PDF]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018 Seung-Hwa Lee +2 more
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Need for individual-based evaluation to determine the association between humidifier disinfectants and health injuries. [PDF]
Ann Occup Environ Med, 2021 Background Injuries caused by humidifier disinfectants (HDs) can no longer be grouped under the concept of HD lung injury. Focusing on individual cases, we were able to evaluate the relevance not only of diseases for which epidemiological correlation is ...
Kim HC, Kim H, Mun EC, Lee Y, Park S.
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